Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 20, 1993 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1993 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Smith cf 4 1 1 1
Vizcaino ss 4 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 0 0
May lf 4 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 4 1 1 2
Sosa rf 4 0 1 0
Wilkins c 3 0 1 0
Guzman p 1 0 0 0
  Bautista p 0 0 0 0
  Yelding ph 1 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Maldonado ph 1 0 1 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Gilkey lf 5 0 1 0
Smith O. ss 4 1 1 0
Jefferies 1b 4 1 1 0
  Brewer 1b 1 0 0 0
Lankford cf 4 2 3 1
Whiten rf 4 1 1 1
Zeile 3b 1 1 1 0
Pena 2b 3 0 1 3
Pappas c 4 0 1 1
Tewksbury p 3 0 1 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Perry ph 0 0 0 0
  Royer ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith L. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
Chicago 000 001 200360
St. Louis 014 000 10x6111
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  L (4-4) 4.2 8 5 5 3 7
  Bautista   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Plesac   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  McElroy   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Slocumb   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Assenmacher   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
5
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury  W (4-3) 7.0 6 3 2 0 3
  Murphy   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
0
5

  E–Gilkey (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Wilkins (2).  2B–Chicago Maldonado (2,off Tewksbury), St. Louis Pena (8,off Guzman); Gilkey (8,off Assenmacher).  3B–St. Louis O Smith (3,off Guzman).  HR–Chicago Smith (5,6th inning off Tewksbury 0 on, 1 out); Buechele (4,7th inning off Tewksbury 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–O Smith (1,by Assenmacher).  SB–Lankford (5,3rd base off Guzman/Wilkins); Zeile (2,2nd base off Guzman/Wilkins); Jefferies (9,2nd base off McElroy/Wilkins); Whiten (4,2nd base off Slocumb/Wilkins); Pena (8,2nd base off Slocumb/Wilkins).  IBB–Assenmacher (1,O Smith).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:37.  A–38,591.
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